Improvement in saw-guide and jointer



NPETERS. PHOTO-IJTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, D C

tlntrd tant GARNER A. SMITH, or

BL'EEKER, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 90,791, dated June 1, 1869.`

IMPROVEMENT IN SAW-GUIDE AND JorNTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand making part of the seme.

To all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, GARNER A. SMITH, of Bleeker, in the county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Guide and Jointer for Circular Saws and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to-make and use the same, reference being Vhad to thel accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Figure 1 represents a plan, or top view of my iinproved combined guide and jointer for circular saws.

Eigure 2 is a verticalrlpngitudinal section of the same, taken on the plane of' the line x-x, iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. K

This invention relates to a new guide for saws, which is also provided with a device forjointing, or trueing the teeth of the same.

The invention consists in arranging an adjustable tool in theslotted guide-block, which tool, when moved toward the saw, and clamped in the proper position, serves to true, or joint the teeth of the saw, thus doing away with the tedious and inaccurate process ofiling, which was heretofore used for that purpose.' l A, in the drawing, represents a block, or plank, of suitable size and shape, made of wood, or other suita- `ble material.

This plank is secured, by means of suitable bolts, to the saw-frame, said bolts passing through slots a a, that are formed through the plank, so tbat'theA latter is adjustable `on the frame, to bring its slot b in line with the saw.

The saw works'inthe slot b, as indicated in figs. 1

and 2. On 4each side of the slot is arranged, in the plank, a recess, c, whichservesto retainv somebemp, or other packing-material, B, as shown in tig. 1.

This'packing-material is saturated with oil, or other suitable liquid,- or other material, and serves to moisteu and cool the saw near its edge. The packing-strips B are held in position by means 'of plates E, hinged to the plank A, as shown, and can, by raising these lids E, be easiiy removed and replaced.

The end oi' the slot b is formed by an adjustable tool, C, which can be moved toward or away from the saw by means of a screw, D, shown in fig. 2, and which can be clamped in any` desired position byineans'of a nut, d, screwed upon a pin, e, that projects from the tool C, through a slot in the plank7 as is clearly shown in o'. 2.

lanen the saw is in operation, the tool C is, by

turning the screw D, drawn away from it, so as not to come in Contact with its edge. When the' teeth of the saw are to be trued,l or jointed, after having become somewhat worn by use, the tool C is fed against the edge of the teeth, as shown in ignl, and when then the saw is turned, its teeth will all be jointed and resharpeued.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ist l Thesaw-guide and joint-er herein described, when all the parts are constructed, arranged, and operated as shown.

y Y GARNER A. SMITH. Y'Vitnesses: n

J AMEs H. SPRINKS, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

